plumyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpluːmi/, U.S.

/ˈplumi/

Forms: 1500s plumye, 1500s–1600s plumie, 1500s– plumy, 1600s– plumey.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plume n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < plume n. + -y suffix¹.

A. adj.

†1. Made of down, downy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [adjective] > made of feathers or down

plumy1582

plumative1623

plumous1678

plumatile1715

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 70 What feathers plumye she beareth [L. quot sunt..plumae], So manye squint eyebals shee keeps..So manye tongues clapper.

1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 54 But whilst a plumy curtaine she doth draw, A Chrystall Mirror sparkles in thy breast.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Pygmalion 56 Her head did on a plumy pillow rest.

a. Characterized by or having many plumes or feathers; feathered.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective]

featheredc1300

penneda1398

well-feathered1525

well-plumed1575

plumy1590

feathery1637

well-fledged1650

pennigerous1656

plumigerous1656

penniferous1722

flighted1735

plumaged1777

fledgy1818

plumulose1826

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. 39 An Egle, that with plumy wings doth sheare The subtile ayre.

1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 66 Come, manumit thy plumie pinion, And scower the sword of Eluish champion.

?1616 W. Goddard Morrall Satire in Satirycall Dialogue sig. F2^v When I see the plumy peacocks pride To striue to lie by's sou'raigne Princes side.

1679 L. Hutchinson Order & Disorder 19 Next the Almighty by his forming Word Made the whole plumie race, and every bird.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiv. 363 Let the strong Sov'reign of the plumy Race Tow'r on the right of yon' æthereal Space.

1797 College: a Satire i. 15 Nor gorget, shield, nor casque with plumy crest.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 60 What plumy people sing in every grove!

1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxix. §686. 616 It causes their plumy covering to repel moisture.

1999 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Mar. e3/1 Acrobats who radiate humanity, thrusting like knives and soaring like slender, plumy birds.

b. Adorned or decorated with a plume or plumes. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with plumes or feathers

peacock-feathered1429

plumeda1529

well-plumed1575

beplumed1582

plumy-crested1598

emplumed1622

feathered1624

plumy1631

befeathered1635

ostrich-plumed1883

1631 T. Goffe Raging Turke iv. v. sig. I2^v My plumy valour flags, my thoughts gaue way.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 65 Crested Morions, with their Plumy Pride.

1787 J. Beattie To Lady Charlotte Gordon in European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 309/2 The plumy helmet, and the martial mien.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 186 He saw the horses and the plumy black wain.

1991 E. Barker O Caledonia (1992) v. 55 Looking at that grim and vengeful sea she could imagine the satisfaction with which it had disposed of Sir Patrick Spens' lords and their plumy hats and their cork-heeled shoon.

3. Plume-like; feathery.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > like (a) feather(s)

featheryc1595

plumy1605

plumeous1657

plumiformar1718

plumaceous1759

plume-like1773

plumuliform1858

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 291 Where thousand Trees, wauing with gentle puffes Their plumie tops, sweepe the celestiall roofes.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xii. 158 When a drift wind shakes Blacke clouds in peeces, and plucks snow in great and plumie flakes.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 525 The Phantom bore His Head aloft, a Plumy Crest he wore.

1798 R. Bloomfield Summer in Farmer's Boy 136 When the first sheaf its plumy top uprears.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. v. 68 Their own little river..where..Maggie gathered the purple plumy tops of the reeds.

1890 Harper's Mag. July 200/1 Great plumy bunches of asparagus.

1932 A. Bridge Peking Picnic x. 119 Two great pines, whose trunks..carried their black plumy tops a hundred feet clear into the sun-gilt air.

1983 P. Theroux Kingdom by Sea vi. 74 And then there were only plumy chestnut trees with plumy blossoms.

2001 Church Times 26 Oct. 11/1 A sprawl of honeysuckle, mallow, phlox, golden rod, and tall, plumey goats' beard.

†B. n.

A person wearing a plume. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > plumes or feathers > person who wears

plumy1687

1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon i. i. 5 I have been at the Chapel; and seen so many Beaus, such a Number of Plumeys.

Compounds

Forming (chiefly parasynthetic) adjectives, as plumy-crested, plumy-pounced, plumy-varnished, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with plumes or feathers

peacock-feathered1429

plumeda1529

well-plumed1575

beplumed1582

plumy-crested1598

emplumed1622

feathered1624

plumy1631

befeathered1635

ostrich-plumed1883

1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vii. sig. F2 Drawne through the eare with Ribands, plumy crested.

1640 Wits Recreations sig. M Away Cyllenius plumy-pinnion'd God.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 36 Ulysses bears The plumy-crested helms.

1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair vi. lix. 151 Two doves of plumy-varnish'd throat.

1907 N.E.D. at Plumy Plumy-pounced.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	plumy
释义	plumyadj.n. Brit. /ˈpluːmi/, U.S. /ˈplumi/ Forms: 1500s plumye, 1500s–1600s plumie, 1500s– plumy, 1600s– plumey. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plume n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < plume n. + -y suffix¹. A. adj. †1. Made of down, downy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other animal raw materials > [adjective] > made of feathers or down plumy1582 plumative1623 plumous1678 plumatile1715 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 70 What feathers plumye she beareth [L. quot sunt..plumae], So manye squint eyebals shee keeps..So manye tongues clapper. 1649 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs 54 But whilst a plumy curtaine she doth draw, A Chrystall Mirror sparkles in thy breast. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Pygmalion 56 Her head did on a plumy pillow rest. 2. a. Characterized by or having many plumes or feathers; feathered. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] featheredc1300 penneda1398 well-feathered1525 well-plumed1575 plumy1590 feathery1637 well-fledged1650 pennigerous1656 plumigerous1656 penniferous1722 flighted1735 plumaged1777 fledgy1818 plumulose1826 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. 39 An Egle, that with plumy wings doth sheare The subtile ayre. 1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 66 Come, manumit thy plumie pinion, And scower the sword of Eluish champion. ?1616 W. Goddard Morrall Satire in Satirycall Dialogue sig. F2^v When I see the plumy peacocks pride To striue to lie by's sou'raigne Princes side. 1679 L. Hutchinson Order & Disorder 19 Next the Almighty by his forming Word Made the whole plumie race, and every bird. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiv. 363 Let the strong Sov'reign of the plumy Race Tow'r on the right of yon' æthereal Space. 1797 College: a Satire i. 15 Nor gorget, shield, nor casque with plumy crest. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 60 What plumy people sing in every grove! 1841 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom xxix. §686. 616 It causes their plumy covering to repel moisture. 1999 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Mar. e3/1 Acrobats who radiate humanity, thrusting like knives and soaring like slender, plumy birds. b. Adorned or decorated with a plume or plumes. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with plumes or feathers peacock-feathered1429 plumeda1529 well-plumed1575 beplumed1582 plumy-crested1598 emplumed1622 feathered1624 plumy1631 befeathered1635 ostrich-plumed1883 1631 T. Goffe Raging Turke iv. v. sig. I2^v My plumy valour flags, my thoughts gaue way. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 65 Crested Morions, with their Plumy Pride. 1787 J. Beattie To Lady Charlotte Gordon in European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 309/2 The plumy helmet, and the martial mien. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 186 He saw the horses and the plumy black wain. 1991 E. Barker O Caledonia (1992) v. 55 Looking at that grim and vengeful sea she could imagine the satisfaction with which it had disposed of Sir Patrick Spens' lords and their plumy hats and their cork-heeled shoon. 3. Plume-like; feathery. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > like (a) feather(s) featheryc1595 plumy1605 plumeous1657 plumiformar1718 plumaceous1759 plume-like1773 plumuliform1858 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 291 Where thousand Trees, wauing with gentle puffes Their plumie tops, sweepe the celestiall roofes. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xii. 158 When a drift wind shakes Blacke clouds in peeces, and plucks snow in great and plumie flakes. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 525 The Phantom bore His Head aloft, a Plumy Crest he wore. 1798 R. Bloomfield Summer in Farmer's Boy 136 When the first sheaf its plumy top uprears. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. v. 68 Their own little river..where..Maggie gathered the purple plumy tops of the reeds. 1890 Harper's Mag. July 200/1 Great plumy bunches of asparagus. 1932 A. Bridge Peking Picnic x. 119 Two great pines, whose trunks..carried their black plumy tops a hundred feet clear into the sun-gilt air. 1983 P. Theroux Kingdom by Sea vi. 74 And then there were only plumy chestnut trees with plumy blossoms. 2001 Church Times 26 Oct. 11/1 A sprawl of honeysuckle, mallow, phlox, golden rod, and tall, plumey goats' beard. †B. n. A person wearing a plume. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > plumes or feathers > person who wears plumy1687 1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon i. i. 5 I have been at the Chapel; and seen so many Beaus, such a Number of Plumeys. Compounds Forming (chiefly parasynthetic) adjectives, as plumy-crested, plumy-pounced, plumy-varnished, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with plumes or feathers peacock-feathered1429 plumeda1529 well-plumed1575 beplumed1582 plumy-crested1598 emplumed1622 feathered1624 plumy1631 befeathered1635 ostrich-plumed1883 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vii. sig. F2 Drawne through the eare with Ribands, plumy crested. 1640 Wits Recreations sig. M Away Cyllenius plumy-pinnion'd God. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 36 Ulysses bears The plumy-crested helms. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair vi. lix. 151 Two doves of plumy-varnish'd throat. 1907 N.E.D. at Plumy Plumy-pounced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1582
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